Reevaluation of species richness in Winnertzia (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Winnertziinae), with descriptions of 37 new species from Sweden, Peru and Australia
Author
Jaschhof, Mathias
0000-0003-3447-1620
Author
Jaschhof, Catrin
0000-0002-1030-0934
mjaschhof@yahoo.de
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-08-11
4829
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1
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journal article
8695
10.11646/zootaxa.4829.1.1
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Winnertzia silvestris
sp. nov.
Figs 124–127
;
Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2013
: fig. 45A (as
W. pravdini
)
Diagnosis.
Males of this species can be recognized using the following characters in combination. The length of the eye bridge matches 4–5 lateral and 1–2 dorsal ommatidia; the neck of the fourth flagellomere is 1.1 times as long as the node (
Figs 124–125
); the apical segment of the palpus is longer than each of the three preceding segments; pronotal setae number 9–17, anepimeral setae 5–9; the lateral mediotergal microtrichia are only little enlarged; the fore tibia is shorter than the second tarsomere (length ratio tb/T
2
= 0.8;
Fig. 127
); and the empodia are half as long as the claws whose basal tooth is as large as that usually found in
Winnertzia
(
Fig. 126
). As regards genitalic characters (
Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2013
: fig. 45A), the posterior edge of the ninth tergite is perfectly sinuous; the gonocoxal emargination, which is smaller than that of
W. pratensis
, extends only slightly beyond the midlength of the gonocoxal synsclerite; and the gonostylus has a conspicuously steep-walled apex. Additionally, males of
W. silvestris
are on average larger (1.5–2.0 mm) than that of
W. pratensis
(
1.4–1.6 mm
), a closely related species described above. Females and preimaginal stages of
W. silvestris
are unknown.
Etymology.
The Latin adjective
silvestris
translates as forest-dwelling, referring to the habitat in which all our specimens were collected.
Type material.
Holotype
.
Male
,
Sweden
,
Uppland
,
Uppsala
,
Fiby Nature Reserve
, swampy section of oldgrowth mixed hemiboreal forest,
9 June–23 July 2010
,
Malaise trap
,
M. & C. Jaschhof
(spn
GULI000020956
in
NHRS
)
.
Paratypes
.
1 male
,
Sweden
,
Skåne
,
Simrishamn
,
Stenshuvud National Park
, old-growth mixed broadleaf forest,
16 June 2009
, sweepnet,
MCJ
(spn
GULI000020955
in
NHRS
)
;
1 male
, Uppland, Knivsta,
Rickebasta NR
, swamp forest of alder interspersed with spruce trees,
1–27 August 2009
,
MT
,
MCJ
(spn
SE
1655 in
SDEI
)
.
Other material studied.
Sweden
:
1 male
,
Öland
,
Mörbylånga
,
Färjestaden
, backyard with grove of young birches,
10 June–10 July 2015
,
MT
,
MCJ
(spn
CEC
3054 in
SDEI
)
;
1 male
,
Småland
,
Nybro
,
Bäckebo
,
Grytsjön NR
, old-growth mixed hemiboreal forest,
17 June–16 July 2015
,
MT
,
MCJ
(spn
CEC
3053 in
SDEI
)
.
Distribution and phenology.
The five specimens known of
W. silvestris
were collected in summer (June–Au-gust) in different woodlands in the southern half of
Sweden
(
Skåne
to Uppland).